Anansi (spider)

Anansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Mimetidae
Genus:	Anansi; Benavides & Hormiga, 2017
Type species
	Benavides & Hormiga, 2017;
Species
	(Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon ; Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 — DR Congo, Gabon ; (Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa;

Anansi is a genus of African pirate spiders first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet & in 2017.^[2] It is named after Anansi, a trickster god of Akan folklore. As of April 2019 it contains only three species.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
^ Benavides, L. R.; Giribet, G.; Hormiga, G. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family". Cladistics. 33 (4): 375–405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174. S2CID 89163032.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

[Bena2017-2] Benavides, L. R.; Giribet, G.; Hormiga, G. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family". Cladistics. 33 (4): 375–405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174. S2CID 89163032.

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